< IMG SRC = "https://img.tsn.ua/cached/633/tsn-87394d020f46df1bdfb04b5785c6f4e/thumbs/1036x648/b0/8482EF695330F8B4AA E2AADE93B0.JPEG " />< p >< strong > these workers can become the beginning of a greater tide in the future, which can significantly help Russia with the problems of lack of labor.
Russia He further uses his partnerships with opponents of the United States, including North Korea, to compensate for resource deficiency, which restrains the economy and military efforts. So, in 2024, thousands of North Korean workers arrived in the Russian Federation to work in construction.
< p > this is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) with reference to the South Korean news agency yonhap.
< p > according to official Russian data, in 2024 13,221 citizens of North Korea entered the Russian Federation. This is almost 12 times more than in 2023. It is reported that many employees from the DPRK arrive in Russia on student visas. So, in 2024, the 7887 Northern Koreans entered Russia allegedly for the purpose of training.
< p >On February 4, the Russian opposition publication “Important Stories” reported that the number of northern Koreans who came to Russia to study last year was the largest since 2019.< P > As reported in November 2024, the Russian opposition edition of Mediazon, data from the FSB border service indicate a record number of northern Koreans entering Russia from July to September 2024, in particular on the eve of the start of deployment DPRK troops in Russian territory.
< p >Analysts drew attention to the fact that since the beginning of a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has been suffering from a significant lack of labor in civil and defense-industrial sectors. It is evaluated that the arrival of several thousand citizens of North Korea to work in the civilian sector marginally and will not significantly facilitate the lack of labor in Russia. For example, in December 2024, 1.5 million workers were not enough in the aggressor country.
< p > Nevertheless, the provision of North Korea of Russia with technical means and troops increased significantly in 2024. how workers from the DPRK help Russia ?
< p > “several thousand North Korean workers who have recently arrived in Russia can become the beginning of a greater tide in the future, which can significantly help Russia with the problems of lack of labor. (Using a small number of North Korean artillery and mortar shells by Russian troops, rapidly It increased, as of December 2024, 60 percent of artillery ammunition of Russian troops came from North Korea), ”the ISW report says 62 > < p >It is also reported that Russian enterprises are probably not paying North Korean workers the same salaries as citizens of the Russian Federation, therefore, a significant influx of workers from the DPRK in the future can also bring financial benefits to Russian enterprises forced to offer high salaries to their citizens in order to compete with military and defense -Industrial enterprises.
< p > according to analysts, a significant increase in the number of northern Koreans at work in the civil sector of the Russian Federation in the future can free up Russian workers to work on a military-industrial base or for the war in Ukraine. < p > < p > at the same time, the North Korean leader Kim Jong -un continues to repeat his support for Russia and its military efforts in Ukraine. So, on February 9, the dictator made a speech in the Ministry of National Defense of the DPRK, in which he focused on threats, which supposedly the United States and the West represent for the security of his country.
< p > Kim criticized the United States for pulling the war in Ukraine and expressed “serious concern” to the allegedly desire of the West to inflict the strategic defeat of Russia. In particular, the dictator stated that the military and people of North Korea would “invariably support and encourage the“ fair business ”of Russia to protect its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity” in the spirit of the Russian-Several Korean agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership of June 2024.
< p > By the way, experts are convinced that soldiers from the DPRK retreating from the battlefield will return to the war against Ukraine. This will probably happen after regrouping, retraining or rotation of new troops.
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